Hüseyin Nuğman Kemal Menemencioğlu | |
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 Menemencioğlu in the 1930s | |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
| In office 9 July 1942 – 16 June 1944 | |
| Prime Minister | Şükrü Saracoğlu |
| Preceded by | Şükrü Saracoğlu |
| Succeeded by | Hasan Saka |
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| Born | 1893 Baghdad, Ottoman Empire |
| Died | 1958 (aged 64–65) |
| Party | Republican People's Party Democrat Party |
| Alma mater | University of Lausanne |
Hüseyin Numan Menemencioğlu (1893–1958) was aTurkishdiplomat and politician.
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His father, Rıfat, from theAydın Province (westTurkey), was a civil servant and a Minister of Finance in theOttoman Empire. His mother Feride, ofAlbanian origin, was the daughter ofNamık Kemal, a well known 19th-century intellectual. During his father's various service places, he was born inBaghdad, graduated from the junior high school in Salonika (nowThessaloniki). He graduated from high school in Istanbul. After graduation, he began serving in the foreign office of the Ottoman Empire.
After theOccupation of Constantinople by theAllies of World War I, he began serving for the newly founded Turkey. He served inBern,Bucharest,Budapest, andBeirut. After 1929 he was named as the secretary general of the Ministry. He was a brilliant diplomat and he participated in such negotiations like the Straits issue (Treaty of Montreux) and Hatay issue (Hatay Republic).[1] He went into politics and was elected as theRepublican People's Party deputy fromGaziantep Province. Between 9 July 1942 and 16 June 1944, in the13th and the14th government of Turkey, he was appointedminister of foreign affairs. His term coincided with theSecond World War. After politics, he resumed his diplomatic mission and was appointed the ambassador to France and then Portugal.[2]
After retirement, he returned to politics in the1957 general elections and was elected as aDemocrat Party MP fromİstanbul Province. However, he soon died, on 15 February 1958,[3] in Istanbul.
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| Preceded by | Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkey July 9, 1942–June 16, 1944 | Succeeded by |
 Ambassadors of Turkey to Portugal | |
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